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Tag Archives: reptites
How We Lost the Forest
I’d been thinking about the Lost Woods in the Zelda series, probably largely because Beth recently played A Link Between Worlds. Since it’s a handheld game, I wasn’t able to watch her play it, which is something I miss doing. … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Characters, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Dreams, Final Fantasy, John R. Neill, Language, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Mario, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Video Games, Zelda
Tagged a link between worlds, a link to the past, alice's adventures in wonderland, back woods, bafflewood, dragon quest v, dragon quest xi, enchanted forest, faerie lea, fairies, final fantasy vi, forest maze, forest of illusion, forest of maze, forever forest, ghosts, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, kokiri forest, legends of localization, lost woods, master sword, mayoi no mori, maze woods, mazes, neverglade, ocarina of time, paper mario, paper mario: sticker star, phantom forest, phantom train, poes, professor wogglebug, puzzles, quinces, reptites, skull kid, stalfos, super mario rpg, super mario world, the legend of zelda, the lost king of oz, the runaway in oz, through the looking-glass, tickington, wario land ii
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The Serge Worked
SPOILERS FOR CHRONO CROSS! So, I finished Chrono Cross…sort of. There’s more than one way to beat the final boss, and the way to get the good ending involves using elements in a certain order. It’s a clever idea, but … Continue reading
Posted in Chrono Trigger, Families, Magic, Monsters, Technology, Video Games
Tagged aliens, belthasar, chrono cross, chronopolis, crono, dario, demi-humans, dinopolis, dinosaurs, draggy, dragon god, dragonians, dragons, dwarves, einlanzer, el nido, fairies, fate, frozen flame, general viper, glenn, guile, hydra, kingdom of zeal, lavos, lucca ashtear, luccia, lynx, marcy, masa and mune, mermaids, miguel, mojo, mother brain, neofio, nikki, princess nadia marle guardia, prometheus lock, radius, records of fate, reptites, robo, robots, schala, sea of eden, serge, skelly, starky, swords, time crash, time devourer, time travel, wazuki
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Dragon Divinity
I can think of a few different video games with dragon gods, or at least dragons with celestial powers. I suppose that fits in with the East Asian conception of dragons, where they tend to be heavenly beings rather than … Continue reading
Posted in Arabian, Babylonian, Breath of Fire, Cartoons, Chinese, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy, Games, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Japanese, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Religion, Shinto, Video Games
Tagged agni, akira toriyama, amaterasu, bahamut, breath of fire ii, breath of fire iii, chrono cross, chronopolis, czar dragon, demons, diabolos, dinopolis, divinegon, dragon ball, dragon god, dragon quest iii, dragon quest iv, dragon quest v, dragon quest vi, dragonians, dragons, dungeons and dragons, fate, final fantasy vi, frozen flame, harle, hoderi, hoori, incest, infinity dragon, izanagi, izanami, kaiser dragon, ladon, lavos, magicite, otohime, pyrospheres, reptites, rudra, ryujin, shenlong, shinryu, st. eva, super mario rpg, tamayori-hime, tiamat, toyotama-hime, ugayafukeiazu no mikoto, urashima taro, watatsumi, xenlon, zenith, zenith dragon, zenithia
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House of Reptile-sentatives
The idea that the governments of the world are secretly controlled by lizard people is most prominently supported by David Icke, a former soccer player and sports broadcaster. That’s what comes of letting him hit the ball with his head. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Authors, Chrono Trigger, Conspiracy Theories, Discworld, Douglas Adams, Greek Mythology, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Mythology, Prejudice, Religion, Terry Pratchett, Theosophy, Video Games
Tagged alexander the great, aliens, antisemitism, apollo, caesar augustus, cecrops, david icke, draco, evil harry dread, king bowser koopa, kull of atlantis, lamia, lemuria, lizard people, nagas, olympias, protocols of the elders of zion, reptiles, reptilian humanoids, reptites, robert e. howard, serpent men, snakes, the last hero, the shadow kingdom, zeus
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The Reptite Room
Environmentalism is not an uncommon theme in video games, particularly role-playing ones, although admittedly it isn’t always explored in a realistic manner. For instance, in the early Final Fantasy games, restoring the environment is usually accomplished by restoring power to … Continue reading
Posted in Chrono Trigger, Environmentalism, Final Fantasy, Video Games
Tagged azala, chrono cross, chronopolis, dinopolis, dinosaurs, dragon god, final fantasy vii, green ambler, jenova, lavos, reptites, robo, weapons
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